Gun.



Umani) srnrns .PATENT onirica.'

JAMES n. CRABTREE, or enann'r'r, oKLAHoMA.

GUN.

Specification of Iietters Patent." l .Pate'nted Nov, 2, 1909,Application filed September 17, 1908. v Serial No. 453,474. I

To all who/m 'it may concern: l

Be it known that I, J AMES R. CRABTREE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Garrett, in the county of Cimarron, State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Guns; and I do herebydeclare thev following to be a full, clean-and exact description of thelnventio'n,

such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to'make and use the 1 The invention relates toa gun and more particularlyto the ciass of jdouble-barrel v guns having la single trigger.

The primary 'obJect of the invention isithe provision of a gun having aguard plate mounted in the stock thereof which .plate .has pivotallyconnected thereto a single trigger and -means such as plates formed onthe shoulderof the trigger to engage the sear lugs of two hammerswhereby the same can be operated individually or both in one operation,said plates forming stops to limit the outward movement of the triggerswhen in a cocked position. v

Another object of the invention is the provision of a gun having doublehammers .and a single trigger adapted to actuate the` same, theconstruction of the said trigger being simple, efficient in itsoperation and inexpensive in its manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention for'example consistsin the construction, combination and arrangementl of partsas will behereinafter more fully de'- scribedfand as illustrated'in the accomanying drawings 'which disclose the pre erred form of embodiment of theinvention. However, it is to be understood that changes, variations andmodifications may be made such as come properly within the scope of theclaims hereunto appended without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the. drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a doublebarrel gun and its longitudinal section of the same.

stock, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of theinvention.'A Fig. 3-is a Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of thetrigger.' Fig. 5 is a fragmentary transverse sectionalv view of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters 'indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several.

views in the drawings.

l ln thedrawings, the numeral 5 designates A Amitthe cooking of theremainin the hammers of the double barrel gun 6 and the same beingprovided with the usual tumblers 7 having notches 8 for the points l,ofthe sears 9 eachof which has an inwardly projecting lug 10 extending tothe center of the stoclr above the guard plate llfhaving risingtherefroman enlargement l2 bifurcated as at 13 to form spaced parallelears 14 between which is pivotally mounted aI single trigger 15 the samehaving an enlarged portion 16 with a depending finger piece 17 movablethrou h an. elongated opening 18 in said guard p ate. This elongatedopening 18 extends longitudinally at a central point of the said guardplate.

On opposite sides of the enlarged portion-` when t-he hammers' arecocked or in a set position for firing the gun, whereby the said trigger15 islimited in its outward movement. The guard plate 11 is secured tothe stock of the gun in any suitable manner however preferably byasecuring bolt .23 passing through an o ening in the enlargement l2 0fsaid guar plate to connect the. same to the stock of the gun.

If it is-desired to use but one barrei either one' of the hammers isleft uncooked to perhamrner which will be actuated by the said trigger..

Furthermore, the stop plates 19 can be de.

tached from lthe enlarged Vportion of the trigger loto permit new onestobe replacedin event the old ones have become worn. The importance ofhaving thesaid Aplates 19, removable at the will of a person is thatthel said plates can be detached so as to substitute in theirj steadother lplates' of ,in- 'creased or decreased depth or thicknessestoenable the said trigger to be used with sears of varying height 'withinthe gun, whereby a proper iiringaction thereof will be e'eoted VAioe andalso permit the desired swinging movement of said trigger.

`What is claimed iS- 1. lThe combination with a gun'trigger ofron'lovable mcans connocid to .said trigger. to uvcolnlnodutc soars ofrali-ying' hiight sind to regulate the movement, of said triggor.

S2. The Coi'nbiimtion with n gun hzuingr hammers, soar provided withinwnrdiv projecting lugs, orf n guard pinto, onlmrgonient risingtlmrofrox'n and having' spaced ears, a trigger protnlly connectvd toSuid ears, and wcaring plait@ removably connected to 0ppostc sides ot'said trigger to accommodate varying height. of sears and serving toregulate the movcnlcnt of the trigger and also forming cfun surfaces tooperate the said sears.

n gun having :i guard piatte,

in triggur pivoter] thereto, und removable wearing pluto mounted :itopposite sides of the trigger and scrying as stops to limit the outwardlnovomcnt of sind trigger when the immmers are in cocked niozlillon.

1n testimony whereof, l atlix my slgnnturc, in prt-sone@ of twowitnesses.

JAMES R. CRABTREIQ.

Witnesses E. R. Wumm, ALLEN WIKOFF.

